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Project Proposal Abstract: Considerable social science research has been conducted at the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) since inception of the Joint Fire Science Program and National Fire Plan. Results have provided useful insight into factors including public acceptance of fuel treatments, communication strategies and planning processes to develop public support, community fire planning, and defensible space programs. In most cases this research has been conducted by individual scientists or small teams working on separate tracks resulting in a limited ability to compare concepts and draw conclusions across study areas. This has also meant mixed results in communication of findings directly to the most significant end users such as state and local officials, federal resource professionals, community groups, and homeowners. The proposed project addresses AFP 2007-1-6 by summarizing and prioritizing current knowledge and developing effective tech transfer methods to communicate findings that can be understood and implemented by local agencies and citizen groups. First, a capstone workshop of investigators will be held to examine the collective social science research conducted at the WUI. The workshop will result in a compendium of research results that highlights important findings, explores lessons learned across study areas, and identifies locations where real success has been achieved in building fire-safe communities. Second, we will draw on this research and feature successful communities in a digital video program. The DVD will demonstrate how agency personnel and community leaders have created fire-safe programs worth modeling elsewhere. An accompanying field guide will provide a stepwise approach to implementation. The PI's will conduct interactive workshops in participating regions to help organize local strategies.

A companion to the video program, "Collaborating for Healthy Forests & Communities: Building Partnerships Among Diverse Interests," this field guide provides a practical, stepwise approach managers and community members can use to overcome barriers, find agreement, and build partnerships. SCREEN VERSION (1 MB)

A companion to the video program, "Collaborating for Healthy Forests & Communities: Building Partnerships Among Diverse Interests," this field guide provides a practical, stepwise approach managers and community members can use to overcome barriers, find agreement, and build partnerships.
PRINT VERSION (15 MB)

A video program that showcases on-the-ground experiences of federal and state land managers, as well as community leaders, who are working together to overcome barriers, find agreement, and build partnerships. The program complements an associated field guide that provides more detail and a practical, stepwise approach managers and community members can use to adapt the most useful tools and strategies to the needs of their own communities.

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Conference/Symposia/Workshop

Conducted workshop Wildland Fire Summit: A Decade of Social Science Research in Portland, OR, August/2008. Eighteen of the top research social scientists working on wildland fire issues, many for the JFSP, convened to consider and examine our current knowledge about creating fire-safe communities. A draft synthesis of outcomes has been written with a formal project report forthcoming.